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What to eat in Colombia

The 10 best dishes in Colombia

Regional cooking from the Andes to the Caribbean.

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Bandeja paisa

Best: Medellín

Beans, rice, chicharrón, ground beef, chorizo, egg, arepa, plantain and avocado on one platter.

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2

Ajiaco

Best: Bogotá

Chicken and three-potato soup with guascas, cream and capers.

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3

Arepa

Eaten all over Colombia

Grilled corn cakes with cheese or butter.

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4

Sancocho

Eaten all over Colombia

Hearty soup of chicken or fish with plantain and yuca.

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5

Empanadas

Eaten all over Colombia

Fried corn turnovers with ají.

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6

Lechona

Best: Tolima

Pig stuffed with rice and peas, roasted.

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7

Arroz con coco

Best: Cartagena

Coconut rice with fried fish.

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8

Tamales tolimenses

Best: Tolima

Large tamales with pork, chicken, egg and peas, wrapped in banana leaves.

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9

Changua

Best: Bogotá

Milk and egg breakfast soup.

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10

Buñuelos

Eaten all over Colombia

Cheese fritters fried in balls, eaten at Christmas with natilla.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.